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<span class=large>THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI</span>
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CHAPTER 13
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Judah and Jerusalem shall be punished for their disobedience—The Lord pleads for and judges his people—The daughters of Zion are cursed and tormented for their worldliness—Compare <a href="isa/3">Isaiah 3</a>.  Between 559 and 545 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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<sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 3: 1 (1-26)."><span class='smallcaps'>For</span></a> behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread, and the whole stay of water—
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 24: 14.">mighty</a> man, and the man of <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 28: 3.">war</a>, the judge, and the prophet, and the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/13/2c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Prudence.">prudent</a>, and the ancient;
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The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
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And I will give children unto them to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
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And the people shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Oppression.">oppressed</a>, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Haughtiness.">proudly</a> against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.
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When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, and shall say: Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let not this <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 3: 6.">ruin</a> come under thy hand—
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In that day shall he swear, saying: I will not be a healer; for in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; make me not a ruler of the people.
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For Jerusalem is <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 1: 7; Jer. 9: 11; Ezek. 36: 17 (16-20).">ruined</a>, and Judah is <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lam. 1: 3 (1-3).">fallen</a>, because their <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/13/8c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 52: 2.">tongues</a> and their doings have been against the Lord, to <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/13/8d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Provoking.">provoke</a> the eyes of his glory.
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The show of their countenance doth witness against them, and doth declare their <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel.">sin</a> to be even as <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/9b" mark="b" type="C" title="Gen. 18: 20 (20-21); Gen. 19: 5, 24 (24-25); 2 Ne. 23: 19; TG Homosexuality.">Sodom</a>, and they cannot hide it.  Wo unto their souls, for they have rewarded evil unto themselves!
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Say unto the righteous that it is <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 12: 28.">well</a> with them; for they shall <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 128: 2.">eat</a> the fruit of their doings.
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Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the reward of their hands shall be upon them!
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And my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them.  O my people, they who <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/12a" mark="a" type="C" title="Isa. 9: 16; TG Leadership.">lead</a> thee cause thee to err and destroy the way of thy paths.
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The Lord standeth up to <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Micah 6: 2.">plead</a>, and standeth to judge the people.
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The Lord will enter into <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Judge.">judgment</a> with the ancients of his people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 5: 7.">vineyard</a> and the spoil of the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/13/14c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 18: 12; 2 Ne. 28: 13 (12-13); Hel. 4: 12 (11-13).">poor</a> in your houses.
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What mean ye?  Ye <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Micah 3: 3 (2-3).">beat</a> my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
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Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Haughtiness.">haughty</a>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Walking in Darkness.">walk</a> with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet—
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Therefore the Lord will smite with a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 28: 27.">scab</a> the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 13: 22; Nahum 3: 5.">discover</a> their secret parts.
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In that <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Day of the Lord.">day</a> the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon;
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The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers;
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The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings;
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The rings, and nose jewels;
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The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping-pins;
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The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the veils.
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And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well set hair, <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 22: 12; Micah 1: 16.">baldness</a>; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 14: 4.">burning</a> instead of <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/13/24c" mark="c" type="A" title="Lam. 1: 6 (4-6).">beauty</a>.
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Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war.
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And her <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/13/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 14: 2.">gates</a> shall lament and <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/13/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lam. 1: 4 (4-6).">mourn</a>; and she shall be desolate, and shall <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/13/26c" mark="c" type="A" title="Lam. 2: 10.">sit</a> upon the ground.
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